Football transfer ticker: Chelsea signed Malo Gusto for 30 million euros

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Chelsea sign Malo Gusto from Lyon

Premier League club Chelsea continue to upgrade.

National player Kai Havertz's club have signed France U21 international Malo Gusto from Olympique Lyon.

The fee for the 19-year-old, who has a contract until 2030, is 30 million euros plus bonuses.

Gusto is loaned back to Lyon until the end of the season.

The right-back is the Blues' seventh winter transfer, with total spending exceeding €210m.

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Trimmel fuels Union rumors about Isco

Captain Christopher Trimmel dedicated the renewed derby triumph of 1. FC Union Berlin in the capital duel with Hertha BSC to a special player.

"This victory is Isco for you," he wrote on Instagram.

He would no longer have needed the smiley with a kiss to further fuel the flirt of the iron with the highly decorated and currently clubless Spaniard.

The fact that Isco himself responded with a biceps emoji fueled speculation about a possible sensational transfer to Köpenick even more.

However, it is unclear and open whether the Union professionals were just having fun.

The broadcaster Sky had reported that the Berlin Bundesliga second had allegedly contacted the former Real Madrid professional.

Isco had won the Champions League five times and the Club World Cup four times with the royal team.

After his move to FC Sevilla in the summer of last year, the Andalusians were eliminated after just a few months, and Isco has been without a club since the end of last year.

Füllkrug will probably stay in Bremen

Goalscorer Niclas Füllkrug will probably not leave Werder Bremen in the transfer phase that runs until the end of January.

"There are still three days, I don't think anything will happen there," said the 29-year-old national player after his two goals to make it 2-1 (1-0) against VfL Wolfsburg, ending speculation about a possible winter change: " I like being here."

Füllkrug didn't say anything on the subject for a long time, "because I didn't feel like answering the annoying questions about the transfer period," said the attacker, who now leads the scorer list with 13 goals: "I always think that it shows character when you tackles things on site«.

Instead of "taking an easy step somewhere and then having it there," he said, "And so I'm trying to tackle this."

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